Thread: Can't scanf char

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    Can't scanf char

    Hello I have i question. why i can't scanf character when i open file e.g.
    Code:
    if ( ( fp = fopen( "list.txt", "w" ) ) == NULL )
                             {
                                  printf("No such file. \n");
                                  system ("pause");
                             }
                             else
                             {
                                   printf("Enter character \n");
                                   scanf("%c", &ch);
                             }
    fclose(fp);
    Program just skips this and don't let enter character.
    Last edited by krakatao; 04-11-2012 at 08:27 AM.

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    ?? Is there a character in that file to read, to begin with?

    EDIT: NM, I thought you were doing a fscanf.
    Last edited by claudiu; 04-11-2012 at 08:33 AM.
    1. Get rid of gets(). Never ever ever use it again. Replace it with fgets() and use that instead.
    2. Get rid of void main and replace it with int main(void) and return 0 at the end of the function.
    3. Get rid of conio.h and other antiquated DOS crap headers.
    4. Don't cast the return value of malloc, even if you always always always make sure that stdlib.h is included.

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    This is probably being caused by input prior to the code you posted. You probably have a end of line character left in the input buffer by a previous read. Try adding a space before your %c in your format specifier.
    Code:
    scanf(" %c,&yourVariableName);
    Also note that scanf() is reading from the console not your file.

    Jim

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    You're right. Thank you very much

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